I had absolutely no intention on selecting
this month’s cover as I neared deadline.
The
PUBLISHER’S
Pen
I’d lost my mother-in-law and an aunt
within a two-week span during the month
of August. Between that time, the Black
Press learned that legendary journalist
George Curry had died a heart attack
victim.
Black Folk have always believed the age
old adage: “They run in threes.” And,
I’m here to testify that can be a truth.
We just hope they don’t touch our lives
as directly as my recent chain-of-events.
I cain’t speak for anybody else. I don’t
even bother trying. All I know is that the
bell MUST be answered when it rings.
As press time approached, I was in my
office on the Monday before Labor Day
just around 3 p.m. The phone rings. It’s
Tony McClean from Black Athlete Sports
Network. He patches in his colleague
Michael-Louis Ingram.
Over the last six weeks or so, the three
of us have been working out the details
on a joint marketing agreement that
requires a standing 9 p.m. conference
call every Monday night. Six hours
earlier than expected, I take the call.
I must say that I was surprised by what
these brothers wanted to share. With all
the bloviating surrounding this kid Colin
Kaepernick on social media, they invited
me to serve as a guest on a special
edition of their BlogTalk radio show, Soul
Tree Radio – In the Raw!
Knowing what I know about “perception”,
you can bet your bottom dollar I took
these brothers up on their offer.
With the quickness.